Monday, June 29

Monday is a day here in Holland that many shops are closed. But, we checked on the hours of the Delft china factory and it was open on Mondays. So, we decided to get on over there to pick up a vase that Heidi had had specially painted with a windmill on it instead of the normal bird. 

Its about an hour over to Delft and it was ready and looked good.

After that we decided to head down the road and drive to Gouda for lunch. 

After trying to park in one place but couldn't pay because we didn't have the correct credit card, a merchant showed us where to park around the corner for free. A short walk and we were in the town square. The center of town is usually identified by a church and a town hall or guild hall. Gouda has both.

We picked a cafe that looked good and Linda had a boulabaise and I had a charred fish. Both good and healthy.

Linda had a couple of unidentified fish in her dish, but they all tasted good. One was a razor shell fish. Reminded her of a shrimp. I thought I was getting fish and chips, but the cod was grilled, not deep fried, much more healthy and tasty.

We walked around a little and found this.

Linda really like this farming theme.

Just after we got back to the car and started driving out of town we found this. I wish we could have read the plaque that maybe explained it. Something completely different.

People live on the water just like they do in Amsterdam.

As we drive out of town we have a river on our left, a canal below us on our right and below that are homes. A little later are these buildings with the first floor actually in the water. What kind of humidity or dampness do they have? Yikes!!

We ran into some heavy traffic going back to the house and took a detour, but it didn't hold us back much.

Nice day and we accomplished something.